Best Version Media FAQ

Pros

Unlimited PTO, friendly coworkers, office parties and opportunities to socialize, weekly shout outs and positive attitudes from management, generous pay and benefits and easily maneuvered benefits and pay portal, handled remote working excellently.

Cons

Not outwardly LGBT friendly or trans friendly (no talk of pronouns/ universal inclusion of pronouns in conversation), they host publications all over the U.S. so their political stance is extremely neutral/ sliding conservative. Supervisors validated my clearly communicated interpersonal work issues but never took any action, way more of a "sales" world and involved appeasing sales people, meaning you get treated disrespectfully often and can not take any action. It's a normal occurrence but worth noting if it's not something you want to tolerate. Also, there are two sides to the business, Digital and Print so if you want to advance or try new things there are a limited amount of roles to try. The company is great about keeping you on no matter your ambitions but do your research to make sure there are a few paths here you'd ever like to investigate.

Advice to Management

Research and implement ways to be more accepting of LGBTQ folks in an authentic way, bolster your IT department and make sure they follow through on requests from your employees so they aren't stranded, make time for 1:1s or employees will feel burnt out and lose momentum from lack of feedback on any of their work.

Pros

only pros are for the company. its called free labor.

Cons

having no free time and no health insurance and no benefits and also working for free

Advice to Management

resign.

Pros

Unlimited PTO, friendly coworkers, office parties and opportunities to socialize, weekly shout outs and positive attitudes from management, generous pay and benefits and easily maneuvered benefits and pay portal, handled remote working excellently.

Cons

Not outwardly LGBT friendly or trans friendly (no talk of pronouns/ universal inclusion of pronouns in conversation), they host publications all over the U.S. so their political stance is extremely neutral/ sliding conservative. Supervisors validated my clearly communicated interpersonal work issues but never took any action, way more of a "sales" world and involved appeasing sales people, meaning you get treated disrespectfully often and can not take any action. It's a normal occurrence but worth noting if it's not something you want to tolerate. Also, there are two sides to the business, Digital and Print so if you want to advance or try new things there are a limited amount of roles to try. The company is great about keeping you on no matter your ambitions but do your research to make sure there are a few paths here you'd ever like to investigate.

Advice to Management

Research and implement ways to be more accepting of LGBTQ folks in an authentic way, bolster your IT department and make sure they follow through on requests from your employees so they aren't stranded, make time for 1:1s or employees will feel burnt out and lose momentum from lack of feedback on any of their work.

Pros

Been representing this company as an independent contractor (Publisher) for 5 years. They make some very bold claims about the income potential, stability and culture. I can honestly say that in my experience, all of these claims are absolutely true and possible to achieve, as long as you are willing to put in the work on a consistent basis. They have built a terrific model that includes solid training and ongoing support, and the culture is better than anything I have ever seen.

Cons

Some people consider the status of independent contractor to be a detriment, since it doesn't offer "benefits" like health insurance and 401k. However, I've found it to be a much better situation to have those things completely separate from my source of income.

Pros

only pros are for the company. its called free labor.

Cons

having no free time and no health insurance and no benefits and also working for free

Advice to Management

resign.